Water-motor



(N0 MOdeL) J. W. SHIPLEY.

WATER MOTOR.

No. 517,667. Patented Apr. 3, 1894.

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JOHN W. SHIPLEY, or BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

WATER-MOTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letterslatent No. 517,667, dated April 3, 1894.

Application filed August 24, 1893- v To aZZ whom at may concern.-

I Be it known that I, J OHN W. SHIPLEY, a citinen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, 1n the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water- 1jlldotors, of which the following is a specifica ion. My invention relates to water-motors partlcularly of that type which are adapted for running sewing-machines, lathes and. other light machinery, and its object is to provide a motor-wheel in which means are furnished forobtainin g good results from a small amount of water such as that furnished by a hydrant or other analogous means equally easily obtainable; and it consists in anovel construct1on of buckets, flanges and blades for a vere tical wheel,as will be hereinafter described and claimed. v

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a section, on the line 11 of Fig. 2, ofmy improved water-motor, a portion ofthe waterwheel being broken away to show the construction and arrangement of one of the buckets thereof. Fig. 2 is a section taken in the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6 are views of one of the buckets of the water wheel and a portion of the water service pipe, showing clearly the positions relative to the pipe taken by the bucket as the impact of the water comes against it. o

A, designates a suitable housing or inclosing case adapted to receive and holdawater wheel, B. The housing may be like that shown in the drawings or of any other suitable construction. This housing is provided with a base or bottom portion, 0, which has an opening, I), in its center through which the ,lower portion of the water-wheel, B, revolves. 4

vthe waste water fromthe wheel-buckets is re- D designates a receptacle or tank into which 7 ceived. A water pipe, I), is, provided at the bottom 9f the tank for conducting away the waste water. A service or water-supply pipe, E,-passes through a suitable opening in the top of the housing, A, with its end pointing downward and in close proximity to the wator-wheel. This service pipe has a cock,l,

7 for turning on-andoff the supply of water for the wheel, B. 1 v

The wheel, B, is vertical and is supported ential outer side, 0.

loya shaft, F, which passes throughv either Serial No. 483,898. (No model.)

side of the housing and is journaled in standards, h, on the outside secured to the base, 0. The shaft is provided at one end with a stop or key, 71, and at the other end with a'pulley,

k, to which a belt may be applied for communicating power therefrom to the seWing-machine or other object to be driven.

To the rim of the wheel, B,a number of buckets, flanges and blades are aflixed. Each bucket consists of three parts, to wit: the bot tom, a, the inner side, a, and the circumfer- The outer side, a, of each bucket is secured to the rim-edge of the wheel, and the inner side, a, connects the upper side of the bottom of its bucket with the lower side'of the bottom of the next adjoining bucket and inclines from the innermost side of the bottom of its own bucket to the outermost side of the next bucket; thus all the buckets of the wheel are connected together. A radial flange, d, is secured on the exterior of the circumferential side, 0, of each bucket, and an inclined blade, e, is fixed between the upper part of the circumferential side, 0, and the inner side, a, thus forming two passages, f, g.

[When it is desired to set'the wheel inmotion, the cock, 1, on the supply pipe is opened, and the stream of water issuing therefrom striking or impacting against the flanges, buckets and bladesof the wheel forces it to revolve. v

Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the drawings show the successive positions taken by these parts as the water strikes against them. Now, sup-' posingthe bucket to be in the position shown in Fig. 3, as the water stream from the service pipe strikes the radial flange, d, the impact thereof forces it to the position shown in Fig. 4, where the water enters the bucket by the passage,f, between the circumferential side, a, and. the inclined blade, e, the stream of water striking upon the bottom, a, and forcing the wheel to turn until the parts have the position shown in Fig. 5, where the stream of water strikes on the side of the inclined blade, 6, and imparts afurther turn to the wheel and at the same time is directed into the bucket; the next position is shown tical position with respect to the stream and the water entersthe passage, 9, between the in Fig-6, where the inner side, a, has a verinclined blade, e, and the inner side, a, and strikes the bottom, a, of the bucket and imparts a further turn to the wheel where the next bucket now has the position shown in Fig. 4:, and the operation above described is repeated.

It will be seen from this description that the parts pertaining to each bucket receive fourdistinct blows or impacts from the stream of water, and that each bucket on the clownmoving side of the wheel carries a weight equal to that of the gravity of the water contained in the bucket.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a water-motor, the combination of a suitable housing; a water supply pipe in the housing with its delivery end pointingdownward; a vertically-revoluble water wheel ar- 1 ranged in said housing and provided on its rim with buckets each comprising a bottom,,

a, an inner side, a, connecting the upper side of the bottom with the lower side of the bottom of the next adjoining bucket, and a circumferential side, 0; a radial flange, d, on the exterior of the circumferential side of the bucket; and an inclined blade, 6, on the wheelrim between the said inner and circumferential sides of the bucket.

2. In a water-motor, the combination of the base, 0, having a passage, 1); a housing, A, resting on said base; a water-tank, D, suspended from the base and having a discharge pipe, I); a water-supply pipe, E, in the said housing; a horizontal shaft, F; hearings on the base to support the shaft; a verticallyrevoluble water-wheel on the shaft with its lower portion in the said passage in the base and provided on its rim with buckets each comprising a bottom, A, an inner side, a, connecting the inner edge of the bottom with the outer edge of the bottom of the next adjoining bucket, and a circumferential side, 0; a radial flange, d, on the exterior of the circumferential side of the bucket; and an inclined blade, e, on the wheel-rim between the said inner and circumferential sides of the buckets.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN W. Sl-IIPLEY.

Witnesses:

CHARLES B. MANN, J r., L. ISMY VAN HORN. 

